The Centennial History of the United States: From the Discovery of the American Continent to the Close of the First Century of American IndependenceNational Publishing Company, 1874 - 925 Seiten |
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... army did not arrive before Trenton until four o'clock in the afternoon of January 2d , 1777. Cornwallis made several ... army was now critical in the extreme . A retreat into Pennsylvania was impossible , as the Delaware was full of ...
... army did not arrive before Trenton until four o'clock in the afternoon of January 2d , 1777. Cornwallis made several ... army was now critical in the extreme . A retreat into Pennsylvania was impossible , as the Delaware was full of ...
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... army , though not yet twenty years old . Lafayette was not the only foreigner whose services were accepted by Congress . De Kalb ; Count Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko , natives of Poland ; and Conway , an Irishman who had seen thirty ...
... army , though not yet twenty years old . Lafayette was not the only foreigner whose services were accepted by Congress . De Kalb ; Count Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko , natives of Poland ; and Conway , an Irishman who had seen thirty ...
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... army . Arnold was also sent to assume com- mand of a division in the northern army , as he was familiar with the country . Putnam was ordered to prevent Sir Henry Clinton , who had been left at New York , from ascending the Hudson and ...
... army . Arnold was also sent to assume com- mand of a division in the northern army , as he was familiar with the country . Putnam was ordered to prevent Sir Henry Clinton , who had been left at New York , from ascending the Hudson and ...
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... army behind these defences . The season being too late for active operations , Washington withdrew his army to Valley Forge on the Schuylkill , about twenty miles from Philadelphia , and went into winter quarters . From this position he ...
... army behind these defences . The season being too late for active operations , Washington withdrew his army to Valley Forge on the Schuylkill , about twenty miles from Philadelphia , and went into winter quarters . From this position he ...
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... army should never leave their country . Much of this feeling was caused by the outrages of the Indians in Burgoyne's army , who prowled about the country , murdering and plun- dering the people who were exposed to their fury . One of ...
... army should never leave their country . Much of this feeling was caused by the outrages of the Indians in Burgoyne's army , who prowled about the country , murdering and plun- dering the people who were exposed to their fury . One of ...
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Seite 438 - ... the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, .as a principle In which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power, • • • We owe it.
Seite 590 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Seite 354 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Seite 438 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Seite 438 - an act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Seite 420 - ... When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause and wish to make it your own.
Seite 349 - He smiled at my ignorance and replied : " These savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia, but upon the king's regular and disciplined troops, sir, it is impossible they should make any impression.
Seite 624 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Seite 438 - Resolved. That petitions for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories of the United States...
Seite 617 - Jack and Tom and Will and Dick shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my Council and all our proceedings. Then Will shall stand up and say it must be thus; then Dick shall reply and say nay, marry, but we will have it thus.